Is a diaper sprayer necessary?

Stef1210

Hi ladies! I'm a newbie on this board, and could use your advice.

I love the idea of the BumGenius diaper sprayer, but I'm not in love with the price tag (it's about $60 Canadian). In your opinions, is it necessary? Are there any alternatives? Other, less pricey brands? Unfortunately, we don't have a wash basin.

TIA!

AliciaS1411

Not necessary, but it's nice to have! I bought mine for 25 on eBay. Superstash.net sells one for 30

hst

My shower head reaches the toilet, that's what I use, but I didn't use one at my old house, just soaked it in the toilet.

 

Aurora_Borealis

Nope. I use a dedicated spatula to scrape un-ploppable poop.

Stef1210

Thanks for the advice!! I'm off to see if the shower hose will reach the toilet...

mngildersleeve

I think having one will be handy so I'm ordering one from a co-op on facebook for pretty cheap.

yodasmistress

We bought one. I think the cost was pretty nominal for the convenience.

LittleApple

Depends on your kids poop honestly.  My second kid has terrible runny gross poops.  I should have gotten a sprayer, but I was too cheap.

 My third kid has solid poop that literally pops off  the diaper with a couple shakes.  I haven't had to buy one.

Haley.Beth

For us, personally, a diaper sprayer has been a necessity. However, everyone has different views on that one, a lot of it depending on your kid's poop. Dd ALWAYS had runny poo, I'm not sure why because she's perfectly healthy and eats great, but it's just runny, and I absolutely could not live without my sprayer. However, you don't have to buy a "diaper sprayer." Any old bidet sprayer that attaches to your toilet will work, and I've found them for about half the price of the BG sprayer. 

yodasmistress

To add to the fun "what kind of poop your kid has convo" my kid had like one plopable poop, ever. He basically never stopped having PB consistency poop. Lucky us.